Yehudah L. Werner

Yehudah Leopold Werner (born 1931 in Munich) is an Israeli herpetologist and Professor Emeritus at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Department of Evolution, Systematics and Ecology).
He and his parents were forced to flee from Nazi Germany in 1933, and reached Palestine via France and England in 1935. Georg Haas (1905–1981), an emigrant from Austria who was Professor in Jerusalem, guided his PhD at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. During his long scientific career, Werner published more than 400 titles. Among other things, the biology of the geckos, including their vocal communication, as well as the zoogeography and conservation of the reptiles and amphibians in the Middle East are his main themes. Werner was a co-founder of the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel and served as chairperson of the Zoological Society of Israel.
Beyond this, Werner described or redescribed (alone or with co-authors) a number of amphibian and reptile taxa:
Hyla heinzsteinitzi Grach, Plesser & Werner, 2007 (this species is a synonym of H. japonica that has been apparently introduced into Israel, see Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 49: 1019–1024.)
Acanthodactylus ahmaddisii Werner, 2004
Acanthodactylus beershebensis Moravec, Baha El Din, Seligmann, Sivan & Werner, 1999
Acanthodactylus pardalis (Lichtenstein, 1823) Moravec, Baha El Din, Seligmann, Sivan & Werner, 1999
Asaccus nasrullahi Werner, 2006
Cerastes cerastes Werner, Sivan, Kushnir & Motro 1999
Cerastes cerastes hoofieni Werner & Sivan, 1999
Cerastes gasperettii Werner, 1987
Cerastes gasperettii Werner, Le Verdier, Rosenman & Sivan, 1991
Cerastes gasperettii mendelssohni Werner & Sivan, 1999
Eirenis coronella ibrahimi Sivan & Werner, 2003
Eirenis coronelloides Sivan & Werner, 2003
Laudakia stellio salehi Werner, 2006
Mesalina bahaeldini Segoli, Cohen & Werner, 2002
Micrelaps tchernovi Werner, Babocsay, Carmely & Thuna, 2006
Ptyodactylus hasselquistii krameri Werner, 1995
Note: Amphibian and reptile taxa with the author's name "Werner" described between 1893 and 1938 are by the Austrian zoologist Franz Werner.